We used to play jump the line,
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Or who could wrap the swing around
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the frame the most times, back in the day,
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Riding our bikes around the estate and playin´
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basketball in the cage, those were the days,
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I remember them water fights, teh tap outside,
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Used to race to it on our bikes.
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Grinnin´ with two front teeth missin´, those days were alright.
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Knock down ginger, knock knock then shift.
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Two minutes later we got locked in the lift,
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Laughin´ when we got out,
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Got into silly arguments about who found the pound on the ground,
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Bopped to the shops bought about ten ice pops,
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The weather was hot so they melted in our pockets,
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Used to carry my belongings in them McDonalds bumbags.
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That was back then so boy don´t mock it.
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[Chorus:]
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yo those were the days I will never forget.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yo those were the days I could never regret.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yo those were the days I will never forget.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yo those were the days.
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Used to race down the hill in old Safeway Trollets.
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I wasn´t indoors playing with Barbies or dollies,
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I was outside jumpin´ off walls or playin´ football,
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Or getting chased by the local pit bull,
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The odd character that every borough had,
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Mad Phillip, Gingerbeard, or Mad Max,
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the faces you wouldn´t wanna see when you´re on your jacks,
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In the places you wouldn´t be in if you stuck to your packs,
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Stayed out till it was pitch black,
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Sprayed my name on concrete slabs,
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And I never got bitch-slapped.
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Seen a couple of mans get stabbed,
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Been chased by the mad man,
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Gotta get back so I can...
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Catch joke with my next door neighbor,
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We played the first Mortal Kombat on the Sega,
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Playing the latest jungle tunes we had on cassette,
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Those were the day I will never forget.
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[Chorus]
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Remember naf naf jackets and spliffy jeans,
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Adidas campus, them things were in,
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It wasn´t about the king of the bling,
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It was the king of the rim, or the king of the swing.
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Back then, well I kind has less.
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But less was much better ´cause it saved a lot of stress.
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I hung out in Coffers community center,
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Now they´ve knocked it down and replaced it with an Asda.
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My parents way of tellin us to get our backs in
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was them sounding some old fucking claxon.
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We´re soldier marched back up to Redcliffe Walk,
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Chalkhill Estate don´t exist no more,
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it´s just talk.
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[Chorus]
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Those Were The Days
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| Lady Sovereign |
